Do you feel drained of energy? Adrenal fatigue and overwork can lead to kidney qi deficiency. Working long hours, unrestful or too little sleep, excessive physical labor and going through labor/childbirth, can all lead to weakness of the kidney qi. The kidneys are your batteries, and when they are not getting recharged, you are not getting the energy you need to live well.
Are you also experiencing fatigue? Dizziness and vertigo? Low back and knee pain? Do you often have a dry mouth despite drinking plenty of water? Heat in the body manifesting in these symptoms along with night sweats or rosacea are signs of yin deficiency. Yin is the cooling portion of the body and when this is lacking, the heat takes over and overly dries internal systems.
When a TCM practitioner hears these types of complaints, we immediately think: kidney yin deficiency and Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. This formula that was developed in and has been in continual use since, 1119 –over 900 years ago!—is one of the most efficient and effective herbal formulas to ease these complaints.
Liu Wei is a simple formula containing six herbs. Many patients recover from back and knee pain, insomnia and dizziness with this herbal prescription. Paired with acupuncture treatments and other herbal formulas, there is added efficacy to use of this herb.
In the Acupuncture by Andrea clinic, we carry the traditional formula by Herbal Times and the proprietary formula from Health Concerns/Mayway Herbs, a long-standing family-owned herbal company in the US.
